Fatal crash in Scott County

SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – Drugs may have caused a three car fatal crash in Scott County.

Coroner John Goble says around 12:30 he pronounced 51-year-old Gary Warner from Stamping Ground dead on 25 near Japanese Garden.

According to the coroner, Warner was driving south on 25 when he crossed the center line and hit two cars going north.

In those cars were three other people from the area, one was taken to UK with serious injuries and two others were taken to the hospital in Georgetown with minor wounds.

The Sheriff’s Office says drugs seem to be part of the cause of the crash.

Georgetown Police Officers reportedly found an empty syringe in Warner’s waist at the scene.